gffa:OKAY, THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO MAKE A STORY LIKE THIS WORK, the idea of a series of five differen

gffa:OKAY, THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO MAKE A STORY LIKE THIS WORK, the idea of a series of five different stories in a mini-series about how Darth Vader is seen by the people around him.1.  A psychological study of the character.  Which is pretty much what Dark Lord of the Sith did and I think a 25 issue series works far better for something like that anyway, rather than a mini-series.2.  An exploration of what a sad, pathetic garbage bag Darth Vader actually is. You can contrast it against what terrifying things he can accomplish, but you need a deft hand to show that it goes right along with the sad, monstrous, pathetic choices he made to get to where he is.3.  Make it so incredibly over the top that it goes from badass into being hilarious.  Seeing Darth Vader being the most extra asshole cat in the galaxy can be amazing entertainment and I still maintain that issue #1 pulled that off really well.4.  A genuine exploration of how terrifying Darth Vader is to people who have no idea what’s going on behind that mask.  This also requires a deft touch to not slide over into masculine power fantasy stuff.I really want to give this issue the benefit of the doubt, that it’s doing a combination of #3 and #4 deliberately, but I don’t think those two things go together very well.  I can’t take Tylux seriously as someone driven to the brink of insanity over his fear of Darth Vader when it’s in the same issue as him LITERALLY RAMMING A STAR DESTROYER DOWN AN EXOGORTH’S THROAT AND SLAMMING THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE SO THE SHIP IS COVERED IN INTESTINES AND GORE.I just don’t see the two going together very well, no matter how it’s written.  I don’t care about some obscure Imperial’s overdramatics when he’s not a character I have any emotional investment in or who is particularly cool.  It’s the shadow of Vader that’s meant to be the real star, but that doesn’t mean much when he’s not actually on the page doing anything, and the antics are so exaggerated that I can’t take them seriously.Which means I can take any mental strain seriously, because that too is completely and utterly exaggerated.  Yes, Darth Vader is legitimately terrifying, but this is just too much, there’s not enough deftness in the issue to make me care.  As a follow up to what was a really genuinely fun first issue, this feels like a tribute to all of my least favorite things about Darth Vader–the idea that he’s badass and cool, that he’s a power fantasy, instead of a story about a sad garbage bag who is miserable.  I would love to be talked around on this issue or to be wrong, I’ll certainly pick up the next issue next month, but if it tries to play the whole “is love enough to match the power of the dark side?” straight, I’m gonna make the writer go rewatch Revenge of the Sith, so they can understand that the movies already answered this question.IF ANAKIN SKYWALKER WOULDN’T TURN BACK FOR PADME OR OBI-WAN, HE’S NOT GOING TO TURN BACK FOR SOME RANDOM, SO THIS FUCKIN’ BETTER BE SOME HILARIOUS ONE-SIDED SHIT. -- source link

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